Managing today’s automotive supply chain is challenging due to its scope, scale, and complexity. AIAG’s initiatives in EV Battery Handling and Transportation, North American Customs & Trade, and Materials Management significantly enhances supply chain efficiency. AIAG provides effective guidelines, industry-backed training, events, resources, and educational opportunities to improve performance.

AIAG’s CTPAT/AEO program, ACE system, and USMCA training collectively enhance compliance, streamline trade processes, and address significant rule changes in the automotive industry. Additionally, AIAG’s initiatives in EV Battery Handling and Transportation focus on improving safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance in the handling and transportation of EV batteries, ensuring the automotive supply chain adapts to the growing demand for electric vehicles.

Supply Chain Management Steering Committee

Understanding the complexity of supply chain operations is an evolving and challenging part of business management in a global economy.

The Supply Chain Management Steering Committee is comprised of executives from automotive OEMs, parts suppliers and service providers that provide a broad overview of industry needs in materials management. They provide an oversight for the prioritization, selection, development and deployment of initiatives designed to strengthen the automotive industry supply chain.

The Supply Chain Management Steering Committee is chartered to drive awareness and implementation of industry best practices. This is accomplished by publishing guidelines and white papers, developing standards, conducting training and certification workshops, and hosting industry-specific events to drive awareness and implement industry best practices.

To assist AIAG in accomplishing its objectives, the Supply Chain Community will:

• Proactively identify AIAG member industry issues, needs, and trends.

• Actively represent AIAG member industry needs, nationally and internationally including participation in standard setting organizations and partnerships with other industry groups.

• Provide timely development, delivery, and promotion of valued direction and innovative solutions for a seamless, efficient, and responsible supply chain with
  • Cost and complexity reduced
  • Supply Chain management improved for materials and logistics
  • Speed to market optimized

• Provide/approve information technology recommendations to other AIAG business units and oversight committees, e.g.:
  • select and recommend process and data modeling tools, techniques, and methods.
  • review and approve technology solutions from AIAG work groups during the development process
  • recommend electronic technology solutions to business problems
• Encourage participation from our organizations, AIAG members and subject matter experts to participate in Supply Chain Management work groups